DVD Collection Update: January 2015

Disney Planes: 3D Blu-Ray Combo Pack
Well I got this one at Toys R Us for $32 because my Disney Planes regular DVD got scratched. It is disappointing that you go spend $24 on a Disney DVD and a few months latter you can't play it.

Thomas & Friends DVDs: Percy Takes the Plunge
This one was $13 and it has seven old style episodes on it that are now in digital. I didn't notice who the narrator was yet though.

Two Bob the Builder DVDs
These two were found at Wall-Mart for only $2.47 each, and that's one of the best DVD prices I've seen. The disc titles are Hold on to Your Hard Hats!: Project Built it Series and New to the Crew. I like the old animation style on these and am collecting them because the new style of Bob is coming in latter this year and the old ones might go out of stock. Bob the Builder DVDs are only forty to forty-five minutes long.

Episode Review: Season 18 - Samson Sent For Scrap

Written By: Mark Huckerby & Nick Ostler

As Seen on DVD: Dinos & Discoverys

Summary

Scruff was taking some scrap to the scrap yard, but it was to heavy and he broke down. Samson shunted Scruff to the Steam Works where Sir Topham Hatt told Samson that he was going to collect scrap with Harvey until Scruff was fixed. Samson and Harvey collected two piles of scrap, but then Samson saw a bike lying by a fence post, and he thought it was scrap so Harvey collected it.

Next Samson saw one of Bertie's bus stop signs and thought it was scrap to, so they put it in the truck. Up the road Sir Topham Hatt's car had gotten a flat tire, but then they discovered that there wasn't an extra one in the trunk, so they went to get one. While they were gone Samson took the car because he thought it was scrap to.

Then Sir Topham Hatt came back with the tire and Bertie pulled up with the bike owner and they raced to the scrap yard. Scruff got there first and told Reg to stop unloading. Sir Topham Hatt told Samson he had caused confusion, and that his car wasn't scrap, then a part fell of the car and they all laughed.

Review

Well, this episode reminded me a little bit of a Sharron Miller episode, and  there was some rhyming in it. It's nice to have Harvey back in the series again, but why did he listen to Samson when he knew he was wrong?

Episode Review: Season 18 - Emily Saves the World

Written By: Paul Larson & Laura Beaumont

As Seen on DVD: Dinos & Discoverys

Summary

Duncan and Rheneas were discussing there most exciting delivery's, then Emily came by with a load of sand for the docks and over heard them. Now Emily felt bad that she hadn't delivered anything special. Once she got to the docks she asked Thomas if he had pulled anything special, he said a he pulled a rocket engine that pushed him all over Sodor at supersonic speed.

The next day Sir Topham Hatt had a special for Emily, it was a giant globe for the animal park. Instead of taking the globe to the animal park, Emily decided to find some engines to show it to first. Then the globe ropes cut on the bridge tunnel, and it flue off on to Hiros car. but Emily didn't even notice.

Then Emily tried to show Thomas the globe, then Emily realized she had lost it, and went to find it. The globe was now rolling down Thomas' branch line, so Thomas went on a siding and let it past. Emily chased the globe all the way to the docks were it fell in to the sea. Captain happened to be there so he pushed it back and Cranky lifted it back on Emily's flatbed.

Then Emily went to the animal park, Sir Topham Hatt said she was late and had caused confusion, but got there in the end. Then the globe was put in place in the animal park, right in the center. Thomas said that was Emily's most exciting delivery,  Emily laughed and said it was a little to exciting.

Review

Well, it's nice to see Captain have a little roll in an episode again, as we haven't seen him science Misty Island Rescue. Bill and Ben's joke about the stinky laundry was funny, but there was one mistake. When the globe hit the signal mans glass window rolling of Hiro's truck it should have broken the glass. Over all this episode was great.

Episode Review: Season 18 - Samson at Your Service

Written By: Davey Moore

As Seen on DVD: Dinos & Discoverys

Summary

When Samson first arrived on Sodor it was dark. Samson was bringing the new dinosaur models for the Erals dinosaur park. Samson didn't know the way, and was to proud to ask anyone. So he got lost and wound up at the Blue Mountain Quarry and didn't arrive at Ulfstead Castle until morning.

That day Sir Topham Hatt had a job for Samson. He had to take some stone from Blue Mountain Quarry to the mainland. But first Samson had to get some coal. Then Samson accidentally took Gordon's express coaches, while Stanley tried to tell him he made a mistake again, but he wouldn't listen.

Now Gordon was late for the express, so Sir Topham Hatt told him to take Annie and Clarabel and for Thomas to use Henrietta. Once Samson got to the Blue Mountain Quarry he realized that he took coaches instead of cars, so he raced back to the yard. On the way Sir Topham Hatt told Samson he had caused confusion.

By the time Samson got back to the quarry it was dark, so Samson's trucks were filled, but he had to spend the night at the quarry again because it was to late to go back now.

Review

The engine's face expression's on this episode were very funny, and it was nice to see Stanly again. Sir Topham Hatt has been driving Winston for three year's now, so why doesn't he know how to use the brake yet?

Episode Review: Season 18 - Timothy & the Rainbow Truck

Written By: Davey Moore

As Seen on DVD: Dinos & Discoverys

Summary

Bill and Ben liked playing jokes on the engines. They played a joke on Salty and Marion, and then they told Timothy that they had lost a multi-colored truck. Timothy didn't realize it was a joke, so he went all  over Sodor looking for it.

Then Timothy arrived at the docks and found a garbage truck that was painted all the colors of the rainbow. Timothy took it back to the clay pits where Bill and Ben explained that it wasn't the truck and what they had said was a prank. Then Sir Topham Hatt came and told them they had caused confusion and delay, and that they would have to do wast collection duty for a while.

Review

Why did Timothy believe Bill and Ben's joke if he knows they play tricks on him all the time? Not much else to say, but I did enjoy the shot with the rainbow at the beginning.

Episode Review: Season 18 - Millie & the Volcano

Written By: Andrew Brenner

As Seen on DVD: Dinos & Discoverys

Summary

Samson and Harvey were unloading the dinosaurs for the dinosaur park. Harvey was asking Samson the names of the dinosaurs, but he was getting the names wrong. Then Harvey was lifting a head to another dinosaur, but Millie got scared as Harvey tilted it the wrong way. Samson said Millie was a silly little engine for being scared.

Then Harvey unloaded the model volcano and Samson explained to Harvey that volcano's erupted, and Harvey said that was dangerous and dropped the volcano. He didn't know it was just a module. Latter Millie had an idea to scare Harvey and Samson. She had the groundskeeper light the bond fire right behind the model volcano, so it looked like it was erupting.

After that the Eral said is wasn't good that Millie played a trick on Samson and Harvey. Latter the dinosaur park was open, and Millie gave Sir Topham Hatt and Dowager Hatt a tour. They all got scared when they went by the head that moved, but Sir Topham Hatt said it was fun to pretend. And the all laughed and roared.

Review

Wow, Harvey is talking again! And it's strange that the dinosaurs were taken apart on the flatbed, when they were together in the last episode. How did they get them apart without them all falling off?

Episode Review: Season 18, Episode 21 - Marion & the Dinosaurs

Well, this is a surprise for me, I was sure season 18 was over and that Dinos and Discoveries was going to be season 19, but I was wrong. There are six more episodes of season 18. At this point it is unclear what episode number this is because they haven't aired on TV yet.

Written By: Andrew Brenner

Seen on DVD: Dinos & Discoverys

Summary

Marion was digging at a construction site, and she slept there that night. In the middle of the night she woke up and saw dinosaurs, she told her self that it was a dream and went back to sleep. In the morning she saw them again. Then Marion was so scared she raced backwards all the way up to Ulfstead Castle.

She nearly rammed in to Stephen and Millie who were waiting for a special shipment. Then all three of them saw the dinosaurs and raced inside the castle and had the drew bridge closed. Then they opened it and realized that they were fake dinosaurs and Marion wasn't scared anymore. Samson explained that he was new to Sodor and was a day late because he got lost at the Quarry and had to wait till morning for proper directions.

The Eral explained that he was building a dinosaur park so people can see what the real dinosaurs looked like.

Review

This episode was great. Thomas was in it, but it's nice that Andrew Brenner is writing stories for the new character's and not just Thomas. Marion is still an annoying character with her talking, but I like Samson's character. They didn't really explain why Samson was on Sodor very well, they just said he was new.